: The studio behind iconic franchises like Mission: Impossible and Top Gun . In 2025, it entered a new era as Paramount Skydance . Influential Independent & Specialty Studios
| Studio | Parent Company | Key Franchises / Productions | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | The Walt Disney Company | Marvel (Avengers), Star Wars, Pixar (Toy Story), Disney Animation (Frozen), Live-Action remakes, 20th Century Studios (Avatar, Alien) | | Warner Bros. Pictures | Warner Bros. Discovery | DC Comics (Batman, Joker), Harry Potter / Fantastic Beasts, Lord of the Rings, Barbie, Dune, The Matrix | | Universal Pictures | Comcast (NBCUniversal) | Fast & Furious, Jurassic World, Illumination (Despicable Me, Mario), DreamWorks Animation (Shrek), Blumhouse (The Black Phone, M3GAN) | | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Sony Group | Spider-Man Universe (including Spider-Verse), Jumanji, Bad Boys, The Equalizer, Ghostbusters | | Paramount Pictures | Paramount Global | Mission: Impossible, Top Gun, Transformers, Scream, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog |